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Billy Joel-Getting Closer - sr - 200

[Intro - Bass drum on chords]
[G]xxx [G#]xxx

[Verse - Full drums - Guitar staccato and muted]
I went 
[A] searching for the [G] truth
But in my [Em] innocence I [A] found
All the [A] con men and their [G] acrobats
Who [Em] stomped me in the [A] ground
If I [A] count up their [G] percentages
[Em] know they're getting [A] rich 
But t [A] hey haven't taken [G] everything
Those [Em] paybacks are a [A] bitch (Asus 2 figure)

[Prechorus - climb is A A/B C - chords more open]
Though I've [C] lost quite a lot
I am [G] still in control
They can [C] keep what they've got
But they [A] can't have my soul (stop)

[Chorus - 8th notes on strumming]
And if [D] I don't [G] have this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] I still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer (stop)

[Verse]
What was [A] (back in) ripped off by [G] professionals
Is [Em] not all that it [A] seems
While I [A] must live up to [G] contracts 
I did [Em] not give up my [A] dreams (Asus 2 figure + drums stop)
If I [A] see it as [G] experience
It [Em] hasn't gone to [A] waste
Lately [A] all the missing [G] pieces
Have been [Em] falling into [A] place

[Prechorus - Climb up figure A A/B C]
And if [C] I could go back and start [G] over somehow
I would [C] not change that much
Knowing [A] what I know now (stops)

[Chorus - 8th notes strumming]
Thought there [D] have been [G] sins
[A] will [D] regret
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] don't have [G] all the [A] answers [Bm] yet
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
 
[Solo 1]
G F F G  x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)
A G Em A x 4 (play chords higher up to change)
(stop)
 
[Verse]
I'm a [A] mark for every [G] shyster
From [Em] Topanga to [A] Berlin
And I [A] should have learned to [G] kick them out
As [Em] soon as they crawled [A] in
So to [A] every bank in [G] Switzerland
That [Em] stores my stolen [A] youth
I'm a [A] lright because [G] despite the laws
You [Em] cannot hide the [A] truth

[Prechorus]
And [C] although you will say
I am [G] still too naive
Well I [C] have not lost faith
In the [A] things I believe

[Chorus]
And if [D] I don't [G] have a this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] still [G] getting [A] closer, [D] getting closer

[Solo 2]
G F F G  x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)

[Outro]
A G Em A x 4

[Solo 1 Phrase]
E 3-3-3--------------------
B 3-3-3-------6----------
G -----5p3---5-------------
D --------5s7---------------
A -----------------------
E -----------------------

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Prince-1999

Coming into Chorus - don't play whole riff - 
don't go back to final E7
[BPM 120 - Intro] Capo at 1 for original key 
but play without

[Verse 1]              
I was  [E7] dreamin' when I  [D/E] wrote this
For [E7] give me if it goes astray   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]   
But when I  [E7] woke up this  [D/E] mornin'
Coulda  [E7] sworn it was judgment day  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]  
The  [E7] sky was all  [D/E] purple,
There were  [E7] people runnin' everywhere   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7] 
Tryin' 2  [E7] run from the  [D/E] destruction,
U know I didn't  [E7] even care         
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 1 - intro riff at end of each line]                             
say say two  [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party  
[C#m7] over, Oops out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So  [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's  
[C#m7] 1999 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Verse 2]              
I was  [E7] dreamin' when I  [D/E] wrote this
So [E7] sue me if I go 2 fast
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
But  [E7] life is just a  [D/E] party,                       
and  [E7] parties weren't meant 2 last  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]   
 [E7] War is all a [D/E] round us, 
my  [E7] mind says prepare 2 fight  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]  
So  [E7] if I gotta  [D/E] die 
I'm gonna  [E7] listen 2 my body tonight   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 2 intro riff at end of each line]                                              
Yeah they say two [Amaj7]  thousand zero 
zero party over, Oops  [C#m7] out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So  [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's  
[C#m7] 1999 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Verse 3]           
Lemme tell ya somethin'
If U  [E7] didn't come 2 party, [D/E]
Don't  [E7] bother knockin' on my door  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
I got a  [E7] lion in my pocket, [D/E]
And  [E7] baby he's ready 2 roar   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7] 
Yeah, every [E7] body's got a bomb [D/E]
We [E7] could all die any day 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
But b [E7] efore I'll let that happen, [D/E]                  
I'll  [E7] dance my life away    
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 3 intro riff at end of each line]                                                 
Yeah they say two  [Amaj7] thousand zero zero 
party over, Oops  [C#m7] out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So  [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's  
[C#m7] 1999 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 4 intro riff at end of each line]                                                             
Yeah they say two thousand zero [Amaj7]  zero 
party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So tonight [Amaj7]  I'm gonna party like it's 
[C#m7] 1999p
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

Yeah, 1999 (1999)                              
[E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999)  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]  
[E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999)  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

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